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Download full textFPG Child Development Institute, 2012
The goal of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is no longer simply to make services available to young children with disabilities and their families, but also to ensure that those services lead to enhanced outcomes for participating children and families. To that end, IDEA 2004 requires states to submit State Performance Plans…
Descriptors: Disabilities, State Policy, Educational Policy, Accountability
Scott, George A. – US Government Accountability Office, 2011
Deaf and hard of hearing children can face significant challenges developing the language and literacy skills needed to succeed in school and become self-sufficient adults. The federal government supports these children through the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) program, which awards grants to states to develop systems to screen…
Descriptors: Deafness, Partial Hearing, Children, Federal Programs
Direct linkBurdette, Paula; Etemad, Pontea – Project Forum, 2009
Response to intervention (RTI) arose, in part, from the limited success of the pre-referral process, an approach advocated in the 1980s and 1990s, and accurately measuring the discrepancy between aptitude and achievement in young children. Reflecting these concerns, when the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was reauthorized in…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, State Programs, Eligibility, Disabilities
Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. Head Start Bureau. – 1992
This 18th annual report to Congress, covering the program year 1989-1990, outlines the status of children with disabilities in Head Start programs. The report states that the program's mandate of having 10 percent or more of the total number of enrollment opportunities in Head Start programs available for handicapped children was met in each state…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Economically Disadvantaged, Enrollment Rate
Aron, Laudan Y.; Loprest, Pamela J. – Urban Institute Press, 2007
Seldom do the needs of children with disabilities divide neatly along program lines. Instead, children and their families navigate a large, complex, and fragmented array of programs with inconsistent eligibility standards, application procedures, and program goals. "Meeting the Needs of Children with Disabilities" examines these programs, focusing…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Disabilities, Children, Special Education
Peer reviewedPullin, Diana – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2005
Current national efforts at education reform rely largely on the use of standardized testing, the cornerstone of federal education policy as a result of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001, with its requirements for regular testing of all students and demonstrations of adequate yearly progress on tests by all schools. The challenges…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
Gardiner, Karen N.; Fishman, Michael E. – 2001
This report examines the disability community's efforts to help individuals who have significant disabilities access and maintain employment. It identifies how welfare agencies can learn from and build upon lessons from the disability community. Chapter 1 describes the hard-to-employ (HTE) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) population…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Education, Agency Role, Assistive Devices (for Disabled)
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2002
Research was conducted to find out the following: (1) whether welfare recipients with impairments (or their able-bodied parents, if they are children) were as likely to exit Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) as are their counterparts without impairments, and 2) the sources of income reported by leavers with and without impairments.…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Education, Adults, Agency Role
